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Gold Warriors: America’s Secret Recovery of Yamashita’s Gold
Gold Warriors: America’s Secret Recovery of Yamashita’s Gold
Gold Warriors: America’s Secret Recovery of Yamashita’s Gold
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In 1945, US intelligence officers in Manila discovered that the Japanese had hidden large quantities of gold bullion and other looted treasure in the Philippines. President Truman decided to recover the gold but to keep its riches secret. These, combined with Japanese treasure recovered during the US occupation, and with recovered Nazi loot, would create a worldwide American political action fund to fight communism. This 'Black Gold' gave Washington virtually limitless, unaccountable funds, providing an asset base to reinforce the treasuries of America's allies, to bribe political and military leaders, and to manipulate elections in foreign countries for more than fifty years.
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PublisherVerso UK
Release dateMay 5, 2020
ISBN9781789605235
Gold Warriors: America’s Secret Recovery of Yamashita’s Gold
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Peggy Seagrave

Peggy Seagrave was the senior researcher and picture editor at Time-Life Books. Along with Sterling Seagrave, she is a co-author of the bestselling Lords of the Rim and The Yamato Dynasty.

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